Change and stability of sense of coherence in adulthood: Longitudinal evidence from the Healthy Child study

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 602-617

  Hakanen, Jari J ^a   Feldt, Taru ^b   Leskinen, Esko ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Factor Mixture Modeling; Longitudinal; Personality; Sense of coherence; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247635085     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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